# Vradeto

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{{Infobox Greece place
|name = Vradeto
|name_local = Βραδέτο
|type = community
|periph = [Epirus](/source/Epirus_(region))
|periphunit         = [Ioannina](/source/Ioannina_(regional_unit))
|municipality = [Zagori](/source/Zagori)
|municunit = [Tymfi](/source/Tymfi_(municipal_unit))
|population = 22
|population_as_of = 2021
|area = 30.10
|elevation = 1340
|coordinates        = {{coord|39|53|50|N|20|46|40|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_skyline      = Vradeto, Zagori, Greece, September 2022 01.jpg
|caption_skyline    = 
}}
'''Vradeto''' ({{langx|el|Βραδέτο}}) is a village in the Greek [Zagori](/source/Zagori) region ([Epirus region](/source/Epirus_region)). It lies at a height of {{convert|1340|m|abbr=on}} on [Mt Tymphe](/source/Tymfi) in the [Pindus](/source/Pindus) mountain range. It is the highest of the 44 villages of Zagori. thumb|left|View of Vikos gorge from Beloe It is the middle of the  [Vikos–Aoös National Park](/source/Vikos%E2%80%93Ao%C3%B6s_National_Park) and is about {{convert|50|km|abbr=on}} away from [Ioannina](/source/Ioannina). It is located only a few kilometers from the [Vikos Gorge](/source/Vikos_Gorge) and near one of the best vantage points, Beloe (Beloi) (perhaps a Slavic word meaning "good view" or "balcony").<ref>A. Kathareios (Inspector of the 1st educational region of Epirus) ''Report of Inspection of Zagorohoria in 1913''</ref> It is located also close to an alpine lake called Drakolimni (''Dragon's Lake''), one of several such lakes. The lakes are named after the amphibian newts (''[Ichthyosaura alpestris](/source/Alpine_Newt)'') that live in them, around which there are myths of dragons. The myths<ref>Costas Krystallis ''Parnassus'', June 1890</ref> are echoes of ancient myths about the hero [Pindus](/source/Pindus), son of [Macedon](/source/Macedon), who either befriended or according to another myth killed a dragon.

== Name ==
The toponym Vradeto is derived from the [Aromanian](/source/Aromanian_language) noun ''brad'' '[fir](/source/fir)' and the suffix -''et'', stemming from [Latin](/source/Latin) -''etum'', also the source of the [Italian](/source/Italian_language) suffix for plants -''eto''.<ref name="Oikonomou66">{{harvnb|Oikonomou|2002|p=66}}.</ref> The Aromanian common noun comes from the Latin ''brathy'', -''yos'', from the Greek ''vráthy'', -''nos'' meaning 'a type of shrub having cypress-like leaves'.<ref name="Oikonomou6667">{{harvnb|Oikonomou|2002|pp=66–67}}.</ref> In addition, the term is present in [Albanian](/source/Albanian_language) as ''bredh'', -''i'' 'fir' and the [Romanian](/source/Romanian_language) ''brad'' 'fir' and ''brădet'' 'fir forest' used in Romanian toponymy.<ref name="Oikonomou67">{{cite book|last=Oikonomou|first=Kostas E.|year=2002|title=Τα οικωνύμια του νομού Ιωαννίνων. Γλωσσολογική εξέταση|url=https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/bitstream/123456789/25635/1/949.53%20%CE%9F%CE%99%CE%9A.pdf|trans-title=The oikonyms of the prefecture of Ioannina. A linguistic examination|language=el|publisher=Nomarchiaki Aftodioikisi Ioanninon|page=67|isbn=9789608316010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241125035650/https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/bitstream/123456789/25635/1/949.53%20%CE%9F%CE%99%CE%9A.pdf|archive-date=25 November 2024}}</ref>

==Nearest places==

*[Tsepelovo](/source/Tsepelovo), east (distance: {{convert|10|km|abbr=on}})
*[Kapesovo](/source/Kapesovo), south (distance: {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}})

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|1991|32
|2001<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }}</ref>|12
|2011<ref name=census11>{{cite web | url = http://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/1210503/resident_population_census2011rev.xls | title = Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός | publisher = Hellenic Statistical Authority | language = el }}</ref>|21
|2021<ref name="census21"/>|22
}}

==History==
Until the close of the 20th century there was only one way to reach the village, via a [kalderimi](/source/kalderimi) (paved mule road) called the ''Skala of Vradeto'' ({{langx|el|Σκάλα Βραδέτου}}) a stairway of about 1,000 steps built on the side of a canyon and almost impossible to seem from a distance. It starts at the end of a long path from the village of [Kapesovo](/source/Kapesovo). Vradeto's difficulty of access probably explains its location in the inhospitable highlands near the top of [Mt Tymphe](/source/Tymfi).  A road was opened in the 1970s.  It is believed to have been settled initially by families from [Skamneli](/source/Skamneli) at around 1616, according to Ioannis Lamprides.<ref>Christogoulas Stefanos ''Βραδέτο – το Μπαλκόνι του Ζαγορίου'' (''Vradeto: The Balcony of Zagoria'') Εκδόσεις Εφύρα, 2006</ref>

The traditional stone architecture is dominant in every building, in the village paths, dwellings and churches, many now ruined or in a state of significant disrepair. The main church, dedicated to the Birth of Mary ({{langx|el|Ναός Γεννήσεως της Θεοτόκου}}) was built in 1799 with a donation from Nikolaos Tsigaras. Other churches are those of Agios Athanasios at the top of the Skala, Agios Nikolaos, Prophetes Elias and Agios Georgios with a cemetery.

==Folklore==
The Feast of the Birth of Mary is celebrated with a three-day festival starting on 8 September.

== Demographics ==
The village is inhabited by [Greeks](/source/Greeks), [Arvanite](/source/Arvanite) families who assimilated into the local population and some [Sarakatsani](/source/Sarakatsani) who settled in the village during the early 20th century.<ref name="Kahl106">{{harvnb|Kahl|1999|p=106}}: "Vradéto: griechische Zagorisier, zugewanderte arvanitische Familien in übriger Bevölkerung aufgegangen, einige Familien Sarakatschanen seit Anfang des 20. Jh.s im Ort seßhaft"</ref> The arrival of Orthodox [Albanians](/source/Albanians) (locally called "Arvanites") occurred in the modern period and originate from the wider Souli area in central Greek Epirus, while the Sarakatsani are [Greek speakers](/source/Greek_language).<ref name="Kahl113114">{{cite journal|last=Kahl|first=Thede|year=1999|title=Die Zagóri-Dörfer in Nordgriechenland: Wirtschaftliche Einheit – ethnische Vielfalt|url=https://www.academia.edu/34296574|trans-title=The Zagóri Villages in Northern Greece: Economic Unity – Ethnic Diversity|journal=Ethnologia Balkanica|language=de|volume=3|pages=113–114}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.vradeto.gr/  Cultural Club of Vradeto]

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Category:Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit)
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